Dowsers -- Maine

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1745 Shaun Hutchinson, interviewed by Nathan Lowrey for AY 125, spring 1984, Beverly and Newburyport, MA. 18 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Hutchinson talks about his contact with two dowers he knew while growing up; also describes the Beverly, Mass. area and tells of its history. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1856 3/4 hour.

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1726 Steve White, interviewed by Jane Collins for AY 125, spring 1984, Orono, Maine. 7 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. White talks about his experiences with dowsing and its specific uses for archaeological purposes. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0160 1/2 hour.

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0730 Theresa Couture, Wilson Shores, and Ronald Siviski, interviewed by David Taylor for FO 2, Waterville, Benton Falls, Orono, Maine. Couture, Shores, and Siviski talk about water dowsing. Text: 34 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0554 1 hour. Photos: P 0999 - P1004.

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1747 Thomas Beaulieu, interviewed by Sara Flipse for AY 125, spring 1984, Fort Kent, Maine. 12 pp. Tape. 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Beaulieu talks about his experiences with dowsing. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1857 1/2 hour.

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1559 Tyke McKay, interviewed by Christopher MacGregor for AY 125, fall 1981, Orono, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. McKay talks about his experiences with dowsing. Text: 7 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1660 1/2 hour.

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2378 Various, by Rebecca Griffan Pamela Dean. Griffan and Dean created a potential radio program called “Maine Roots: Traditional music and stories from the archives of the Maine Folklife Center.” Griffan and Dean talk about dowsing and played clips of interviews from the Maine Folklife Center archives dealing with dowsing. The program was never aired. Recording: mfc_na2378_audio001 30 minutes.

Abstract 0520 Various, interviewed by Selma Shirley and Lillian Shirley for FO 2, spring 1969, Argyle, Cardville, and Bangor, Maine. Interviewees include Mildred Avery, Clyde Burns, Mary Drake, Ernest Kennedy, Doreen LeClair, Bertha Price, Ruby Severance, Lillian Shirley, and Leon Bussell, all of Argyle, Maine; Beatrice Carey, Brownville Junction; Hatte Cottle of Alton; Ansel Fowler, Cardwille; Frank H. Hartley, Bangor; Mildred Miller of Pea Cove; Millard Neally, Newburgh; William Shirley and Henry...

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1764 Vernon LeVesque, interviewed by Anne Bergwall for AY 125, spring 1984, Caribou, Maine. 21 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. LeVesque, a well driller who often employs a dowser to find water, discusses his beliefs about dowsing and describes how veins run and how drilling is practiced. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0166.

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1829 Warren Southworth, interviewed by Deanna Webb for AY 125, spring 1984, Bangor, Maine. 24 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ partial cat. Southworth talks about dowsing. Text: 21 pp. detailed catalog. Recording: T 1894 1 hour.